England at the Commonwealth Games

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Swimmers Georgia Sheffield and Will Ellard both broke records to win England's first golds in the pool on day two of the Commonwealth Games.

Sheffield set a new championship record of two minutes 06.44 seconds in the women's 200m freestyle S14 before minutes later Ellard set his own Commonwealth record time of 1:51.66 in the men's event.

Ellard broke his own record after already setting a record time of 1:53.52 in the heats.

"I've completed it all now," 20-year-old Ellard said.

"European, worlds, Commonwealth, Paralympics now. I'd like to try and do it three times in my career – maybe four, I don't know. You never know in s14's who will come up."

Sheffield was joined on the podium by Poppy Marshall, who won the silver medal.

"We're best friends, so to share this moment together makes it even better," said Sheffield.

"We push each other hard in training and we're always racing each other. Having someone like that alongside you really helps because you're constantly driving each other on."

There were also three silver medals for Oliver Morgan in the 50m backstroke and the mixed 4x100m freestyle relay team of Jacob Mills, Jacob Whittle, Freya Anderson and Freya Colbert.

Teenager Filip Nowacki also took silver to make history for Jersey in the men's 100m breaststroke, while former champion Adam Ramsay-Peaty took third.

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England's new-look women's gymnastics team edged out Wales by 0.9 points to clinch bronze at the Commonwealth Games in a thrilling contest.

None of the gold medal-winning team from the 2022 Games featured in Glasgow, with all five England athletes making their Commonwealth debuts following Taeja James' withdrawal because of injury.

England started well on vault but a handful of errors across the uneven bars and beam proved too costly for gold medal contention.

However, the team managed to inch ahead of Wales for a spot on the podium after World floor bronze medallist Abi Martin topped the standings on the final apparatus.

"I knew we were in fourth place behind Wales before the floor so I just knew I had to go give it my all," Martin told BBC Sport.

"I got a bit emotional after. I knew it was one of my best floor routines. It might not have scored the highest but it was definitely my best performance for myself.

"When I can hear my whole team supporting me, even the whole crowd supporting me the whole way through, when I finished I was overwhelmed with emotions."

Canada secured the silver, while Australia put in a strong performance to collect gold.

Martin will compete again in three further finals; the all-around, floor and vault.

Shantae-Eve Amankwaah will also compete in the all-around and floor finals, as well as the uneven bars.

Ruby Stacey will join Martin in the vault final and Alia Leat secured a spot on the beam after missing out on the all-around with only two athletes able to complete per team.

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English powerlifter Matthew Harding won Commonwealth Games silver in the heavyweight category with a points total of 131.

The former Paralympic swimmer failed in his final attempt to lift 202kg but his successful 199kg lift in the second round was enough to secure the silver.

Riluwan Idris got the gold for Nigeria, while Jhandu Kumar of India earned the bronze.

It rounds out a successful day in powerlifting for England athletes, who also earned a gold through Mark Swan and a bronze for Olivia Broome in the lightweight category.

However, Louise Sugden missed out after coming fourth in a record-breaking heavyweight women's event.

Nigeria's Folashade Oluwafemiayo set a world record twice, lifting 172kg and then 175kg on her way to gold.

The heavyweight category, designated for athletes with a body weight over 72kg for men and over 61kg for women, is decided by a formula to rank lifts fairly against the athletes' body weight.

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England's Olivia Broome claimed a bronze powerlifting medal in the lightweight category with a points total of 106.6.

The 25-year-old completed a lift of 119kg to secure a place on the podium, adding to the silver medal she took at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Broome also took bronze in the 2020 and 2024 Paralympics.

Esther Nworgu and Esther Oyema earned gold and silver for Nigeria, with points totals of 119 and 115.5 respectively.

England team-mate Charlotte McGuinness came fifth with a lift of 110kg, leaving her with a points total of 96.9.

The lightweight category, designated for athletes with a body weight up to and including 61kg, is decided by a coefficient formula to rank lifts fairly against the athletes' body weight.

Broome's bronze is England's second medal at the 2026 Games following Mark Swan's gold in the men's event.

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England's Mark Swan won the first gold medal of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games with a dramatic victory by two decimal points in the lightweight powerlifting competition.

The 25-year-old completed a lift of 222kg - more than three times his body weight - to finish tied with Nigeria's Roland Ezuruike on 153.9 points going into the final round.

Both athletes failed with their final lifts, but Swan took gold based on a coefficient format related to the respective athletes' body weight.

The Englishman, from Seaham in County Durham, told BBC Sport: "To realise that I'd won, it's hard to believe. I thought I'd maybe got a bronze.

"My coaches said 'no Mark, you've won', but I couldn't believe it. It hasn't sunk in yet, but I'm sure it will.

"To get the first medal, especially gold, for Team England in the very first medal event, it's absolutely huge."

Swan, who won silver at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in 2022, attempted a world record-equalling lift of 232kg in his final attempt but was unsuccessful.

The lightweight category, designated for athletes with a body weight up to and including 72kg, is decided by a formula to rank lifts fairly against the athletes' body weight.

England's Olivia Broome claimed the bronze medal in the women's lightweight category with a points total of 106.6.

The 25-year-old completed a lift of 119kg to secure a place on the podium, adding to the silver medal she took at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Team-mate Matthew Harding won silver in the heavyweight category with a points total of 131.

The former Paralympic swimmer failed in his final attempt to lift 202kg but his successful 199kg lift in the second round was enough to secure the silver.

Matthew Henry
BBC Sport Journalist in Glasgow

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Adam Ramsay-Peaty progressed through the 100m breastsroke heats with the quickest time of any swimmer in his first race at the 2026 Commonwealth Games.

He won the final heat in 59.46 seconds - one tenth quicker than Australian rival Sam Williamson managed in heat five.

Ramsay-Peaty's 18-year-old Team GB team-mate Filip Nowacki, who swims for Jersey at the Commonwealth Games, was third quickest.

Peaty-Ramsay, 31, is chasing a fifth Commonwealth gold in Glasgow, 12 years on from winning two at the 2014 Glasgow Games.

The 100m breaststroke has always been his main event - he won Olympic 100m silver in Paris in 2024 after a difficult build-up including a break to protect his mental health - but he committed to competing up to the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics after the 50m race was added.

Peaty will also race the Commonwealth 50m event in Glasgow.

He returns to the pool for the 100m semi-final on Friday evening. The final is on Saturday.